Don't forget, "They foiled this plan, but I had five more going on at the same time. I still win," will be "Ah, they foiled me, but everything is still going according to plan." (except there was literally nothing shown as a positive) [Thrawn got absolutely fucked as a character]
Doesn't this kind of happen gradually, over the course of the show?
Of course, it's less they save him and more they save his family. And it's less he became a good guy and more he gradually becomes a less cold man over time and stops actively antagonizing the gargoyles.
The joys of fatherhood. He loved his wife and son so much, the desire to protect them made him understand that he can't keep making enemies, especially towards the Gargoyles, who have even been valuable allies at times. That said, I can't remember if he went out of his way to end the feud before or during Goliath Chronicles (the last season that killed the series).
Knowing Disney, they would figure they couldn't get funding for more than 1 season (While not being able to figure out why people don't like it: The Acolyte, all those Marvel shows), so they would condense the series. Disney would make that happen by Episode 5 out of 8. And then the series wouldn't get a second season because of "Low Viewer Ratings" (They had injected wokeness into a great show, and created a mid remake. The fans didn't like it, so Disney blamed chuds and incels.)
Demona becomes the misunderstood main character.
David Xanatos gets saved by them after he loses a fight, and becomes a good guy afterwards.
Don't forget, "They foiled this plan, but I had five more going on at the same time. I still win," will be "Ah, they foiled me, but everything is still going according to plan." (except there was literally nothing shown as a positive) [Thrawn got absolutely fucked as a character]
William Riker tells you you're wrong
It doesn't take much to make a villain seem like a winner despite losing to the heroes.
A. They had a backup plan that the heroes didn't know about.
B. The plan the heroes foiled was merely a diversion from the real scheme.
C. The heroes did stop the scheme, but ceded something else the villain actually/also wanted in the process.
Just have the bad guy gain ground and he seems like a major threat. The fact that modern writers can't understand this shows how... basic they are.
Doesn't this kind of happen gradually, over the course of the show?
Of course, it's less they save him and more they save his family. And it's less he became a good guy and more he gradually becomes a less cold man over time and stops actively antagonizing the gargoyles.
So I guess it's not like that at all, really.
Basically.
The joys of fatherhood. He loved his wife and son so much, the desire to protect them made him understand that he can't keep making enemies, especially towards the Gargoyles, who have even been valuable allies at times. That said, I can't remember if he went out of his way to end the feud before or during Goliath Chronicles (the last season that killed the series).
Knowing Disney, they would figure they couldn't get funding for more than 1 season (While not being able to figure out why people don't like it: The Acolyte, all those Marvel shows), so they would condense the series. Disney would make that happen by Episode 5 out of 8. And then the series wouldn't get a second season because of "Low Viewer Ratings" (They had injected wokeness into a great show, and created a mid remake. The fans didn't like it, so Disney blamed chuds and incels.)
He really does that after they protect his son from an ancient God.
What I had in mind for the remake would be that he's falling off a roof, and they pull him up. And he suddenly realizes that they're good guys.
Edit: Jeez, Disney needs to hirer me already. I think I've got what it takes to be a Disney writer.